They'll tax anything now adays.

[Basia]

Earlier today I found out that there is a new law on the books in my state. Apparantly, pharmacies are being taxed more now than in the past, and some are passing the buck off to their patrions. An additional $1.30 per perscription filled is in effect fince the first of the year to all coustomers save for medicare and medicade. But then, of course, our new Gov. has had everything handed to him on a silver platter, so he wouldn't understand howmuch $1.30 a perscription would affect the working poor. Most of the people in my town can not afford a tax hike like this. Leave it to the republicans!

 

[Guest]

Don't get me started. . .

Just as long as they aren't taxing sex!!!

 

[Basia]

Don't get me started. . .

Just as long as they aren't taxing sex!!!

That'll be the day I move to Canada.

 

[Problem Child]

Leave it to the republicans!

Yeah, the Republicans, historically the party of tax & spend!

lol...

 

[Basia]

Re: Re: They'll tax anything now adays.

Yeah, the Republicans, historically the party of tax & spend!

lol...

If you think about it though, over the past 12 years, the Commonwealth of Massatuchets has been under republican rule, and what does that leave is? a fivehundred-million dollar deffisite. Now they want to tax our prescription medication? Bah!

 

[Ham Murabi]

Re: Re: Re: They'll tax anything now adays.

If you think about it though, over the past 12 years, the Commonwealth of Massatuchets has been under republican rule, and what does that leave is? a fivehundred-million dollar deffisite. Now they want to tax our prescription medication? Bah!

I wasn't aware that Massachusetts had majority Republican rule in the State Legislature. It's clear the tax is designed to pay for an expanding government role in day to day lives. Check with leading Democrats in your area, your precinct perhaps, to learn what they plan to do to roll back state and local taxes on a massive scale. I'm sure you'll be pleased with what they have to tell you.
Reduced state spending, and a reduced role by government in our day to day lives, will solve all problems as they regard deficits.

 

[Basia]

I did contact both my rep. and my Senator (A married couple, none the less), after being lead around for half an hour by the govoners office. I'm not sure I got anywhere there. I hope to start a petition, bringing it in ot school with me on Monday. Untill then, there really isn't much to be said or to do... I just felt like complaining.

 

[Ham Murabi]

I did contact both my rep. and my Senator (A married couple, none the less), after being lead around for half an hour by the govoners office. I'm not sure I got anywhere there. I hope to start a petition, bringing it in ot school with me on Monday. Untill then, there really isn't much to be said or to do... I just felt like complaining.

Good for you. And I hope you told the husband and wife team — Republicans, no doubt — that you didn't like that tax one little bit.

 

[Freya]

That'll be the day I move to Canada.

Hun, we have way more taxes than you guys do.

 

[Unclebill]

Originally posted by Basia
Earlier today I found out that there is a new law on the books in my state. Apparantly, pharmacies are being taxed more now than in the past, and some are passing the buck off to their patrions. An additional $1.30 per perscription filled is in effect fince the first of the year to all coustomers save for medicare and medicade. But then, of course, our new Gov. has had everything handed to him on a silver platter, so he wouldn't understand howmuch $1.30 a perscription would affect the working poor. Most of the people in my town can not afford a tax hike like this. Leave it to the republicans!

Congratulations! You've finally awakened to the real world in which businesses don't pay taxes. They are the unpaid middleman whole collects them from the consumer.

Socialism is expensive; a lot more expensive than freedom. Welcome to reality. It's only in the collectivist fantasyland that businesses pay taxes. Look carefully and you'l find that ALL of them are passing their increased cost of operation to the consumer. It may not be in the cost of the prescription in all cases. It will often appear in the cost of over the counter drugs and other items as well.

Some are keeping the prescription costs down but other prices will compensate. That's the reality of doing business. You either keep a viable profit margin or your business collapses.

If you'd like a bit more insight into the reality of the taxation concern, try this:
http://www.geocities.com/john_galt76/TaxBusiness.html

 

[tyme]

Earlier today I found out that there is a new law on the books in my state. Apparantly, pharmacies are being taxed more now than in the past, and some are passing the buck off to their patrions. An additional $1.30 per perscription filled is in effect fince the first of the year to all coustomers save for medicare and medicade. But then, of course, our new Gov. has had everything handed to him on a silver platter, so he wouldn't understand howmuch $1.30 a perscription would affect the working poor. Most of the people in my town can not afford a tax hike like this. Leave it to the republicans

Wow and I was mad about the $6 a carton cig tax at least I dont have to smoke. But if I dont have money for my meds wow!

 

[Ezarc]

Don't get me started. . .

Just as long as they aren't taxing sex!!!

Condoms are taxed items. So are restraints, floggers, handcuffs, blindfolds, dildos, ................

 

[phrodeau]

Boycott drugs. Stop needing them.

It's not impossible. People have done without for hundreds of millennia.

 

[tyme]

you tell that to someone like me who with out 2 medications has over 5 seizures a day. ya right. damn taxes as if meds dont cost enough.

 

[paganangel]

Boycott drugs. Stop needing them.

It's not impossible. People have done without for hundreds of millennia.

yeah, but for only about 40 years a ta time.

 

[Guest]

Condoms are taxed items. So are restraints, floggers, handcuffs, blindfolds, dildos, ................

Not dildos!!!

 

[sexy-girl]

so today they announce that they are getting rid of taxes on dividends which will only help the rich and people who own shares costing the us government about 600 billion dollars but they still have tax'es on prescriptions and they increase them

i guess its ok in america if you're well off


doesn't really make sense

 

[Tungwagger]

so today they announce that they are getting rid of taxes on dividends which will only help the rich and people who own shares costing the us government about 600 billion dollars but they still have tax'es on prescriptions and they increase them

i guess its ok in america if you're well off


doesn't really make sense

Ummmm, excuse me, but I was wondering if you paid attention to all the tax cuts will include....


$400 additional tax credit for kids....that's a tax reduction, not a reduction of taxable income.

Access to $3000 for a "poor" person to go get "training" to get a "better" job to make "more" money....only to turn around and bitch about the increased tax burden they will have to pay.

I don't care how much a rich person gets back, because rich people keep me employed.....so I can pay my "taxes" to be redistributed to those "less" fortunate than myself.

And if you owned stock, you too would welcome the tax relief...

But I do agree that prescription drugs shouldn't be taxed..

I also think that cigarettes shouldn't be taxed as much as they are, because it's mostly undereducated and poor people who smoke.

Don't tax the gas I use to get back and forth to work, only to have the Federal government tax me more for roads.

And the list goes on and on.....

 

[Tungwagger]

so today they announce that they are getting rid of taxes on dividends which will only help the rich and people who own shares costing the us government about 600 billion dollars but they still have tax'es on prescriptions and they increase them

i guess its ok in america if you're well off


doesn't really make sense

P.S. It wasn't announced that it is going to happen....

So far, it's just been proposed by G.W.....

But it is humourous to see all the cackling it's created thus far....

 

[Ezarc]

Not dildos!!!

Yup, even dildos. *shakes his head*

 

[JazzManJim]

so today they announce that they are getting rid of taxes on dividends which will only help the rich and people who own shares costing the us government about 600 billion dollars but they still have tax'es on prescriptions and they increase them

i guess its ok in america if you're well off


doesn't really make sense

That's true, because at least two things you said in the first paragraph aren't actually correct.